I can’t actually remember when I first read about Route 66 and decided this was a journey I wanted to take. I’d always had a spirit for adventure and organised my own trips from 1999 onwards. I guess seeing the world was my ultimate dream. My parents had never been outside of the UK butContinue reading “Route 66 -Fulfilling the Dream”
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Las Vegas: From Sin City to Sophisticated Getaway
My History of Vegas:I had last visited the “City of Sin’ ten years previously with my two children whilst still a single Mum. It had been part of a bigger trip when I had taken a month off my career to celebrate key milestone birthdays that we were all experiencing in the same year. MyContinue reading “Las Vegas: From Sin City to Sophisticated Getaway”
Santa Fe -The Contradiction
As part of our Route 66 journey we entered New Mexico and having stayed at the famous Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari we travelled 195 miles north west to Santa Fe, following the original “Mother Road” as much as possible. As you enter the city you are immediately struck by the wonderful adobe houses. HistoryContinue reading “Santa Fe -The Contradiction”
Time is Our Most Precious Commodity
Time is our greatest gift, we cannot buy any more of it but we can waste it, give it away to people who maybe don’t deserve it. We are all guilty of thinking we have time, time to do everything we want to, time to tell our loved ones how we feel, time to rekindleContinue reading “Time is Our Most Precious Commodity”
The Western Movies Lied To Me!
When I was a child we had a black and white television, I guess that was all my parents could afford at the time. I even remember a time when we had no television. My mum worked as a part time cleaner when I was young and I remember the marriage of Princess Anne toContinue reading “The Western Movies Lied To Me!”
Our First Route 66 Surprise
As we travelled alone across the flat farmlands of Illinois often alongside field after field of unripe corn, our thoughts often swayed to those who had travelled this road before us. Route 66 was the first highway of its kind. Designed in 1926 this 2,448 mile road was the first trans-continental, year- round highway. ItContinue reading “Our First Route 66 Surprise”
Welcome to Small-Town America
Many people have written books, made DVD’s and Youtube videos of their trip across America on Route 66. I have no desire to do the same. What I’d like to do, however, is invite you into my world as I paint a verbal picture of our adventure. ….. As we take the keys for ourContinue reading “Welcome to Small-Town America”
Impressions of Chicago
What does the third largest city in the USA have to offer? These are my impressions: O’Hare International airport ( the sixth busiest worldwide) is inconveniently nearly 20 miles from Downtown. A journey that is made harder by major roadworks which will last until 2025 according to our taxi driver! It’s not cheap either costingContinue reading “Impressions of Chicago”
How We Afford to Travel
Time for our next adventure………..I should be excited but instead I’m sitting amongst the crowds at Heathrow Terminal 5 feeling bleary eyed and tired. If I still drank alcohol I would say it feels like a hangover but as I don’t I’m leaning towards the fact that the last three weeks of unpacking from theContinue reading “How We Afford to Travel”
Getting Ready for the Next Adventure
I’m aware that my posts have tailed off a bit recently. I was in a nice routine while we were on our adventure in Europe posting on Tuesday and Friday but having finished our trip in Amsterdam, life has become incredibly hectic preparing for our next adventure……. Outline:We fly into Chicago on June 9th andContinue reading “Getting Ready for the Next Adventure”
A Midlife Adventure 